USN-3059-1: xmlrpc-epi vulnerability
10 August 2016
xmlrpc-epi could be made to crash or run programs if it processed specially crafted data.
Releases
Packages
- xmlrpc-epi - a XML-RPC request library
Details
It was discovered that xmlrpc-epi incorrectly handled lengths in the
simplestring_addn function. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause
applications using xmlrpc-epi such as PHP to crash, resulting in a denial
of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 16.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.